AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL

Set in AVOCA, New York, AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL is a modestly sized unified-grade school, one of the schools within AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 369 students across grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 544 students per school, that is 32% leaner than typical.

AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL is a school of AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Beyond that, the school shows 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Steuben County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.7:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.6%, the actual is 47.3%, a residual of -6.2 points.

Around the school, Steuben County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,887, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Steuben County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,701 students), AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: VERNON E WIGHTMAN PRIMARY SCHOOL, around 6.7 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 428 (now 369). Class-load math has fell: from 9.0:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 in 2025.

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